giovedì 25 gennaio 2018

Review: Afternoon tea at The Tower Hotel (London - England)

This is my first review about tea rooms, tea shops, tea ceremony experiences and teas in general around the world.

Recently I have been to London and I have done a traditional afternoon tea in a very particular location: in front of Tower Bridge!

I have gone to The Tower Hotel Restaurant (Whitechapel, Southwark, The City, London) at 16.00 o' clock and I chose from the tea menu an Estate Darjeeling (Tea forte).

I also enjoyed a tray (a very special tray in the shape of the Tower Bridge!) with some sandwiches, puddings and sweets.

On the tray there were:

CAKES

Pina Colada panna cotta with pineapple jelly and toasted coconut

Strawberry cheesecake with raspberry glaze

Rich chocolate, caramel ganache tart, pecan praline

Red velvet cupcake, vanilla cream, cheese frosting

Macarons

SCONES with strawberry jam and cornish clotted cream

FINGERS SANDWICHES

Cucumber and cream cheese

Egg mayonnaise and watercress

Smoked salmon and dill cream cheese

Honey roasted English ham and granary mustard mayonnaise

Chicken mayonnaise and avocado

The view were the most beautiful thing to vote in this afternoon tea. Also the sweets and sandwiches are very good and there were a nice variety. There were food choices for vegetarians (well marked on the menu) but there were no choice for vegan.

The negative points were:

- tea, even in leaf, was only in teabag and there wasn't a large choice

-the tea room was nice but not very elegant

-the maids were too busy and did not pay attention to us.

I assign them 4 stars (on a scale from 1 to 5 stars) because, in general, it was a beautiful experience.